Monday, October 4, 2010

"Yield" in Field of Finance - Definitions and meanings vary by field of study

Yield:
¨Finance: To produce, as payment or interest on what is expended or invested; to pay; as, money at interest yields six or seven per cent
¨Politics: To give in return for labor expended
¨Argriculture: To produce fruit, vegetables, or other foods
                      Amount yielded; product; -- applied especially to products resulting from growth or cultivation
¨Economics: To produce something useful such as information or evidence.

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